1987β88 Southern Jaguars basketball | |
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SWAC Regular season champions SWAC tournament champions | |
Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
Record | 24β7 (12β2 SWAC) |
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Home arena | F. G. Clark Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern β | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 24 | – | 7 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Southern | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 21 | – | 8 | .724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grambling State | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jackson State | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi Valley State | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 8 | – | 20 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alcorn State | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 8 | – | 21 | .276 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alabama State | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 8 | – | 20 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prairie View A&M | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 5 | – | 22 | .185 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1988 SWAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll [1] |
The 1987β88 Southern Jaguars basketball team represented Southern University during the 1987β88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jaguars, led by head coach Ben Jobe, played their home games at the F. G. Clark Center and were members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 24β7, 12β2 in SWAC play to finish in first place. They were champions of the SWAC tournament to earn an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA tournament where they lost in the opening round to Kentucky, 99β84. [2]
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Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 27, 1987* |
vs. Georgia | L 87β93 | 0β1 |
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Nov 29, 1987* |
Belhaven (MS) | W 97β75 | 1β1 |
F.G. Clark Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Dec 1, 1987* |
at Sam Houston State | L 88β104 | 1β2 |
Bernard Johnson Coliseum Huntsville, Texas | |||||||
Dec 4, 1987* |
Centenary (LA) | W 98β96 | 2β2 |
F.G. Clark Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Dec 5, 1987* |
at Louisiana State | L 77β98 | 2β3 |
LSU Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Dec 8, 1988* |
at Rice | W 107β86 | 3β3 |
Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, Texas | |||||||
Dec 11, 1988* |
Tuskegee | W 142β101 | 4β3 |
F.G. Clark Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Dec 28, 1987* |
at New Orleans | W 114β101 | 5β3 |
Lakefront Arena New Orleans, Louisiana | |||||||
Dec 29, 1987* |
vs. No. 6
Temple Sugar Bowl Classic |
L 47β84 [3] | 5β4 |
Louisiana Superdome (4,923) New Orleans, Louisiana | |||||||
Jan 6, 1988* |
Sam Houston State | W 100β78 | 6β4 |
F.G. Clark Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
SWAC Regular season | |||||||||||
Jan 11, 1988 |
at Mississippi Valley State | W 75β59 | 7β4 (1β0) |
Harrison HPER Complex Itta Bena, Mississippi | |||||||
Jan 16, 1988 |
Alabama State | W 108β90 | 8β4 (2β0) |
F.G. Clark Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Jan 18, 1988 |
Jackson State | W 103β94 | 9β4 (3β0) |
F.G. Clark Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Jan 20, 1988* |
at Southwestern Louisiana | W 94β82 | 10β4 |
Cajundome Lafayette, Louisiana | |||||||
Jan 23, 1988 |
Texas Southern | W 108β96 | 11β4 (4β0) |
F.G. Clark Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Jan 25, 1988 |
Prairie View | W 112β76 | 12β4 (5β0) |
F.G. Clark Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Jan 30, 1988 |
Alcorn State | W 92β80 | 13β4 (6β0) |
F.G. Clark Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Feb 3, 1988* |
ArkansasβPine Bluff | W 129β93 | 14β4 |
F.G. Clark Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Feb 6, 1988 |
Grambling State | W 85β74 | 15β4 (7β0) |
F.G. Clark Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Feb 8, 1988 |
Mississippi Valley State | W 116β83 | 16β4 (8β0) |
F.G. Clark Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Feb 13, 1988 |
at Alabama State | L 88β89 | 16β5 (8β1) |
Dunn Arena Montgomery, Alabama | |||||||
Feb 15, 1988 |
at Grambling State | W 80β65 | 17β5 (9β1) |
Memorial Gymnasium Grambling, Louisiana | |||||||
Feb 17, 1988 |
at Jackson State | W 96β92 | 18β5 (10β1) |
Williams Assembly Center Jackson, Mississippi | |||||||
Feb 18, 1988* |
Southeastern Louisiana | W 102β71 | 19β5 |
F.G. Clark Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Feb 20, 1988 |
at Texas Southern | L 89β91 | 19β6 (10β2) |
University Auditorium Houston, Texas | |||||||
Feb 22, 1988 |
at Prairie View | W 106β98 | 20β6 (11β2) |
William J. Nicks Building Prairie View, Texas | |||||||
Feb 27, 1988 |
at Alcorn State | W 78β77 | 21β6 (12β2) |
Davey Whitney Complex Lorman, Mississippi | |||||||
1988 SWAC tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 10, 1988* |
Prairie View Quarterfinals |
W 108β70 | 22β6 |
F. G. Clark Activity Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Mar 11, 1988* |
Alcorn State Semifinals |
W 87β73 | 23β6 |
F. G. Clark Activity Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
Mar 12, 1988* |
Grambling State Championship game |
W 78β62 | 24β6 |
F. G. Clark Activity Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |||||||
1988 NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 18, 1988* |
(15 SE) | vs. (2 SE) No. 6
Kentucky First Round |
L 84β99 [2] | 24β7 |
Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
SE=Southeast. All times are in Central Time. |